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Word: fewness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week was a big one for the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, better known as I. L. G. W. U. The third edition of Pins and Needles, its famed home-talent satire, opened on Broadway. The rich, well-run union donated $235,000 to refugee aid. And...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: The Big Split | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

With expedients exhausted, Toledo's deficit last week reached $800,000. Cleveland had only a few thousand dollars to pay for relief until Jan. 1, said it needed $1,000,000. The urban centres pleaded for a special meeting of the Legislature, but Republican Governor John W. Bricker, elected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OHIO: Politics | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

He denied that he had asked Mrs. Camp to marry him, said that Mrs. Camp was too much of a lady to take a proposal after a few days' acquaintance. Mr. McCarthy whipped out a Kuhn letter: "Florence : I am terrible in love with you. I beg you to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Trouble | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

In the nomenclature of World War II, few names are more widely known now than Messerschmitt. It stands for lethal speed in the air by Nazi pursuit ships. Willy Messerschmitt,* 41, is a sharp-nosed, sandy-haired citizen of the placid, medieval town of Augsburg, Germany. He started flying when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN THE AIR: Importance of Being Willy | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

"At present Germany is probably stepping up her [airplane] production rate faster than Britain, France and the United States combined, so that for the next few months-probably until next spring or early summer-the Reich may well lengthen her lead. . . . After that time the Allies, aided by large purchases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN THE AIR: Importance of Being Willy | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

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